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2024/05/30　ROBOMECH2024 in Utsunomiya　†

ROBOMECH2024 was held in Utsunomiya on May 30th to June 2nd (https://robomech.org/2024/). Hoshina and Kagawa presented their research in the conference.

2024/05/11　The 36th Bioengineering Symposium　†

The 36th Bioengineering Symposium was held at Nagoya Institute of Technology on May 11th to 12th (https://www.jsme.or.jp/conference/bioconf24/). Wu, Tsunoda, Kouda, Yasuda, Kondou, Maeda and Akehara presented their research in the conference. Kondou won the Outstanding Student Poster Presentation! Congratulation!

2024/03/22　Graduation ceremony for bachelor students and master students　　†

The annual graduation ceremonies for undergraduate and graduate students were held on March 22nd . Congratulations!

Highlight

2021/08/05　The 19th Nanohana Competition 2021　†

Mr. Hara, Mr. Hidaka, Mr. Maezawa, and Mr. Yoshikawa presented their work at the 19th Nanohana Competition 2021, organized by the Institute for Academic Research and Innovation (IMO) of Chiba University. They also received a special award, the Futaba Electronics Memorial Foundation Award. Congratulations!

2020/05/08　A paper co-authored by Associate Professor Nakata has been published in Science!　†

Assistant Professor Nakata of our lab and co-working team in the UK have been working to find out why mosquitoes are able to fly in the dark and avoid obstacles. The airflow caused by the flapping of the mosquitoes' wings was simulated by numerical calculations. As a result, the tactile sensitivity of mosquitoes would be about 30-40 mm away, which is nearly 10 times the distance of their body length. It turns out that mosquitoes are able to detect the obstacle by sensing the air fluctuation. Based on these findings, an international team of researchers has developed a drone to detect airflow fluctuations caused by propellers. The function was evaluated and demonstrated to be able to detect walls and floors as well as mosquitoes. (Aerodynamic imaging by mosquitoes inspires a surface detector for autonomous flying vehicles, Toshiyuki Nakata, Nathan Phillips, Patricio Simoes, Ian J Russell, Jorn A Cheney, Simon M Walker, Richard J Bomphrey, Science, 2020; 368, 6491, 634-637.DOI: DOI:https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6491/634

2019/10/11　Center for Aerial Intelligent Vehicles Kick-off Symposium　†

Center for Aerial Intelligent Vehicles was established with Prof. Liu as director. Prof. Nonami, Prof. Liu and Prof. Nakata gave a lecture at the symposium.